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stand , 

Though   it's    only    folks 
o  f  •' 

mat    you.    scarcely 

know 
There    is    somethin'    sad 

in.  tKe   close  stripped 

Hand. 
A.n!    tKey   walk    away, 

an1    you    watch,  them. 

on 
With    a  slowin'    breath 

that    is    half    a   si$h; 
Q 

But    it's   not    the    fact 
that    the    folks    has 


It's     the    saym1 

bye  " —  it '  s    the    s ayin' 
"good   bve." 


When,    some    one    that's 
barely    a   friend,    of 
you 

Drops    in   for    a   meal  or 
to    chat    a    bit, 

But     the    words    "^ood 

bye"  have    a    gloomy 

i  O  ' 

tone 

Like    a   whispered.    <3rief 

though   I  cant  say 

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why ' 

It's    the   shadowed   thought 
that    you're    left   alone; 

It's    the    savin'    "^ood 
bye ' ' —  it' s   the    sayin ' 


the    years    have 
come     an '    the 
years    have    $one 
I    have    said    Vood    bye," 

as    I    had     to    say, 
In    the    hush    of   ni£ht 

or    the    mist    of 

dawn. 
To    my    friends     an1 

foes an '     they   went 

away. 
An'    they    lived   or   died 

-^— but    they    left    my 

life 
As    a   cloud    drifts    on 

from     the     summer 

sky; 
An'    they    left    my   peace 

or    they    left     my 

strife 
With    the    sayin'    "£ood 

bye" with   the    sayin' 


BYE!"   "Good 

bye!"   Every    day 

an1     ni^Kt . 
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With    a    back^waved 


hand    an1    a 
smile ; 


friendly 


Though    we    say    the 

words    in    a    tone 

that's     light 
There  '  s     an    echoed 

^rief    in    them    all 

the     while . 
They   are    blent    of  cheer 

an'  of   smile    an'    tear 
In    tKe     mingled    breath 

of    a   lau^h   an'    si$h — 
An'    the     hardest    task 

that    we    must    do 

here 
Is    the    sayin1     "<^ood 

bye" is    the    sayin1 


OO    I    look    ahead    to 
kJ      the     land     to    be 
An1    I    tell     myself      I 

shall     stand     an' 

wait 
Near    the    shinm1    shore 

of    the    crystal     sea, 
In    a    little     spot    by 

the     wondrous     ^a-te , 
An'    I'll     greet     rny° 

friends     with    a    "how 

d'ye     do" 
In    the    laughter«lighb 

of    the     ni^htless 

sky 

An1    be    £lad     at   last 

that     our    hearts    are 

throudh 
With    the    sayin'     "£ood 

bye" with    the    sayin1 

"^>ood    bye-" 
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